Veterans: How To Obtain Documents From Your Military Record File

Veterans: How To Obtain Documents From Your Military Record File

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information on obtaining documents (photocopies) from official
military record files, and other resource information. Please save
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CONTACTING VETERAN SERVICE OFFICERS (VSO’s) TO ASSIST IN RECORD
RETRIEVAL OR OBTAINING BENEFITS (Honorable/Under Honorable Conditions
Discharged) http://www.va.gov/sta/guide/home.asp?DIVISION=ALL

OBTAINING MILITARY RECORDS/DOCUMENTS:
http://members.aol.com/forvets/htomr.htm

REQUESTING DD-214 CHANGES OR UPGRADES:
http://members.aol.com/forvets/htomd.htm

REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION FOR A MEDAL YOU HAVE EVIDENCE YOU DESERVE:
http://members.aol.com/forvets/htom.htm

AFTER ACTION / LESSONS LEARNED REPORTS: http://www.ntis.gov

REGISTERING A VETERAN, ACTIVE DUTY, OR MILITARY FAMILY MEMBER
(Past/Present): http://members.aol.com/veterans/registry.htm
(Alternate URL: http://www.amervets.com/register.htm

DD 214 SPN/SPD/RE Code Information:
http://members.aol.com/warlibrary/policy.htm

REBUILDING LOST/DESTROYED DD-214's:
http://members.aol.com/forvets/dd-214.htm


RECORDS (Mailing addresses):
1. Claims files for pensions based on Federal military service,
1775-1916, and bounty land warrant application files based on wartime
service, 1775-1855
2. Regular Army enlisted personnel serving from 1789 through October
31,1912, and officers serving from 1789 through June 30, 1917.
3. Records relating to persons who served in the Confederate States
Army from 1861 through 1865.
4. Volunteer service of persons serving during an emergency and whose
service was considered to be in the federal interest, during the
period 1775-1902.
5. Morning Reports, pre-1917
6. Unit operational records, pre-1939
7. Unit rosters, pre-1917... Contact:

Archives I Textual Reference Branch
National Archives and Records Administration
Washington, D.C. 20408
(202)-501-5430

1. Morning reports, 1917-1974 (In 1974 the Army discontinued the use
of morning reports and switched to PDC cards. PDC cards are also in
the custody of the NPRC.)
2. Unit rosters, 1917-present, Regular Army
3. Officers separated after June 30, 1917, and enlisted personnel
separated after October 31, 1912... Contact:

National Personnel Records Center
9700 Page Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63132-5100

Unit operational records, 1939-1954, and 1954 to present for units
which served in Southeast Asia... Contact:

Archives II Textual Reference Branch
National Archives and Records Administration
8601 Adelphi Road - College Park, MD 20740-6001 - (301)-713-7250

Unit operational records, 1954-present for units which did not serve
in Southeast Asia; Organizational History Files, 1955- 1979

Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts Office
SAIS-IDP-F/P, Suite 201
1725 Jefferson Davis Highway
Arlington, VA 22202-4102
DSN 327-3377; (703)-607-3377

Organizational History Files, 1980-present
Organizational History Branch
U.S. Army Center of Military History
1099 14th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20005-3402
DSN 763-5413; (202)-761-5413

Unit rosters, 1917-present, Army Reserve
Veterans:
Army Reserve Personnel Center
ATTN: ARPC-SFR-SSD
9700 Page Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63132-5200
Public:
U.S. Army Reserve Personnel Center
ATTN: ARPC-IMP-F (FOIA)
9700 Page Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63132-5200

Unit Lineages and Honors
Organizational History Branch
U.S. Army Center of Military History
1099 14th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20005-3402
DSN 763-5413; (202) 761-5413

Awards for active duty personnel:
Military Awards Branch
Hoffman Building II, 200 Stovall Street, Alexandria, VA 22332-0400
DSN 221-8699; (703) 325-8699

Awards for veterans:
U.S. Army Reserve Personnel Center
Veterans Services Directorate
9700 Page Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63132-5200

Official photographs, 1861-1988
Still Picture Branch
Special Archives Division
National Archives and Records Administration
8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001
(301) 713-6660

Official photographs and videos
Defense Visual Information Center
1363 Z Street Center, March Air Force Base, CA 92518-2727
DSN 348-1505; (909) 413-1505

Motion pictures, 1898 to present:
Motion Picture, Sound & Video Branch
Special Archives Division
National Archives and Records Administration
8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001
(301) 713-7060

Official papers:
US Army Military History Institute
Carlisle Barracks PA 17013-5008
DSN 242-3611; (717) 245-3611
Official US Army publications

Official publications:
US Army Publications Center
2800 Eastern Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21220-2896
DSN 584-2272; (410) 671-2272

Information concerning flags, colors, streamers, guidons, insignia, &
uniforms (AR-840-10)
US Army Institute of Heraldry
9235 Gunston Road, Room S-112, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-5579
DSN 656-4968/4969; (703) 806-4968/4969

US Army Air Forces records:
US Air Force Historical Research Agency
600 Chennault Circle, Maxwell AFB, AL 36112-6424
DSN 493-5834; (205) 953-5834

Operations Reports/Lessons Learned (ORLL) and other primary source
material about Army units in Vietnam such as radio logs, unit
journals, and after action reports, are stored at the Textual
Reference Branch, National Archives, MD 20740-6001, 301/713-7250, fax
301/713-7482.

There are several resources available to assist your search for a
VETERAN, MILITARY PERSON, OR UNIT/VESSELl. If you have any questions
about using the 39 million name/20,000 unit association database,
telephone the Library's Help Desk 310-532-0634, 10am to 3pm, Pacific
Time. Use your web browser to view/print the attached reference card.

-- Otis Willie (Ret.)
Military News and Information Editor
The American War Library, Est. 1988
http://www.amervets.com
Or our phone number dot com (13105320634.com)
16907 Brighton Avenue
Gardena CA 90247
1-310-532-0634

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